Excerpt from Court Docket in Hemispherx v.
Asensio,
U.S. District Court for Eastern District of
Pennsylvania
(case ultimately moved to state
court)
2/1/00 111 ORDER THAT COUNSEL FOR THE
DEFENDANT IRA SILVERSTEIN,
ESQ.
INTENDS TO FILE A MOTION TO WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL, WE
CAUTION
DEFENDANT TO HAVE SUBSTITUTE COUNSEL READY TO ENTER
THEIR
APPEARANCE ETC; DEFENDANT SHALL HAVE 72 HOURS FROM
THE
FILING OF MR. SILVERSTEIN'S APPLICATION TO WITHDRAW
TO
DESIGNATE SUCCEEDING COUNSEL, AS SOON AS NEW COUNSEL
IS
OBTAINED, HE OR SHE IS INSTRUCTED TO INITIATE A
TELEPHONE
CONFERENCE WITH PLAINTIFF'S COUNSEL AND THE COURT
TO
DISCUSS EXISTING COURT DEADLINES ( SIGNED BY
MAGISTRATE
JUDGE CHARLES B. SMITH ) 2/2/00 ENTERED AND COPIES
MAILED
AND FAXED. (ph) [Entry date
02/02/00]
2/3/00
112 MOTION OF IRA B. SILVERSTEIN TO WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL
FOR
MANUEL P. ASENSIO, ASENSIO & CO AND ASENSIO.COM,
INC.
("ASENSIO") , MEMORANDUM, CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE.
(ph)
[Entry date 02/04/00]
3/6/00 122 ORDER
DENYING MANUEL P. ASENSIO, ET AL'S MOTION
REQUESTING
PERMISSION FOR MANUEL P. ASENSIO TO APPEAR
INDIVIDUALLY,
DEFENDANTS ARE IN VIOLATION OF THIS COURT'S ORDER
OF
2/1/00, REQUIRING THEM TO OBTAIN SUBSTITUTE COUNSEL
WITHIN
72 HOURS FROM THE DATE OF PRIOR COUNSEL IRA
SILVERSTEIN'S
APPLICATION TO WITHDRAW (FILED 2/3/00), DEFENDANT
SHALL
AHVE
72 HOURS FROM THE DATE OF THIS ORDER TO
OBTAIN
SUBSTITUTE COUNSEL AND SHALL BE SANCTIONED IN THE AMOUNT
OF
$1000 FOR EACH DAY THEREAFTER THAT NEW COUNSEL HAS NOT
BEEN
OBTAINED, DEFENDANTS' NEW COUNSEL IS DIRECTED TO
CONTACT
THE COURT WITHIN 72 HOURS OF BEING RETAINED TO SET UP
A
CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS THE PLAINTIFF'S PENDING MOTION
TO
EXTEND DISCOVERY DEADLINES AND ALL OTHER REMAINING
PRETRIAL
MATTERS ( SIGNED BY JUDGE JOHN R. PADOVA ) 3/7/00
ENTERED
AND COPIES MAILED AND FAXED. (ph) [Entry date
03/07/00]